Task of the Month for July 2013

[OpheliaBlue]

Introduction: This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by the Lucid Task Club and the On-Topic Administrator. Please attempt any or all of these tasks throughout the month. Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task. Your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it. When you complete a task: go to your control panel, then to permission groups, and request to be in the group that applies to the task that you've done: either a basic or an advanced or both (specify in the description field if it was the bonus task). Of course you still need to post the dream here because we check. Whoever completes any of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month: Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page. You will receive a special title and badge. You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete a lucid task each month. Members of this club can submit suggestions for the next month's tasks. Tasks for this month: Basic Task i - Hug the first DC you see. Describe his or her reaction. Basic Task ii - Visit a beach and write your name in the sand. Advanced Task i - Punch a President in the face (past or present). Bonus if you let him punch you back. Advanced Task ii - Swallow fireworks, then shoot them out of your mouth, fingers, or toes. BONUS TASK!! - Jump into a volcano and stick your finger or a foot in some hot lava. Then drink some. Describe what happens.

[INeverWakeUp]

Basic 1 and Advanced 1 will be quite fun. Think I might punch Barack Obama...not too sure yet. Maybe I'll punch him and say "How's that for gun control?!" Maybe I'll get a lucky 4th of July LD and do Advanced 2. But you can't do them in one dream can you? If not, oh well. Basic 1 might be the funniest one though.

[OpheliaBlue]

If you can get multiple tasks done in a single dream, then go for it! I think it helps members remember goals better when they have time enough in an LD to complete additional tasks. Practicing your memory skills while in the dream.

[INeverWakeUp]

Okay then. Glad I can do more than one!

[PostScript99]

I'm so pissed that I didn't get any done last month, going to have to get them all this time. I have the scenario planned out this time: 1. Meet Obama in Hawaii; write my name in the sand. 2. Hug him, then punch him. 3. As he runs away, eat a firework and shoot the sparks into Kilauea. 4. Kilauea erupts burying him in lava. 5. Eat the lava off of his body. Or even better yet, do it to George Bush...

[RedNaxela]

This month I'm going for it. Hope to report back soon!

[woblybil]

I'm in... Although I may need to do the #1 basic several times before I get it right.

[Thena]

I'm guessing there's no bonus points for getting punched by a Secret Service agent? I like the beach task and the volcano one sounds pretty cool as well! Time to get dreaming.

[OpheliaBlue]

I'm guessing there's no bonus points for getting punched by a Secret Service agent? Hrmmm, perhaps if you got shot

[bemistaken]

I'm going to try for the 'writing my name in the sand' task...I hope I actually see something this time (June task remember? I didn't see anything in the mirror!). Wouldn't it be scary if i wrote my name in the sand and I take a look at it and actually see my image?!

[INeverWakeUp]

So close to sleep time. It's 10:13 here in America!!! LUCIDITY PLEASE

[woblybil]

I didn't finish any tasks but it sure was a lot of fun trying... http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/wobl...-fun-ld-48129/

[Zyangur]

Love the tasks of the month . These will be really fun to try.

[NyxCC]

Great stuff! While I can't absolutely be sure which President will show up, I will try to incubate punching Mr. Sarkozy in the face and cursing in French or gibberish whatever's easier at the same time. You know he wants it! Edit: Well I can't find the right BBCode to resize so you will have to enjoy his lovely face full size.

[Thena]

My attempt at a WILD didn't quite come together this morning, but I had a weird little dreamlet where I was almost on the way to hitting the basic task. I wasn't quite dreaming yet, but I had this image of a guy in a striped cotton t-shirt. I thought that I needed to engage all my senses instead of passively observing. So I started rubbing the guy's t-shirt, feeling the texture. Then his shirt disappeared. His skin was covered with sweat, and his chest, shoulder and arm muscles expanded to grotesque proportions while his waist shrank. I wondered if I should just hug him then and there, even though he looked so gross. But I decided it would be better to wait until the dream fully got going. Except it didn't quite get going, and I woke up in frustration a few minutes later when I just couldn't enter the dream state.

[OpheliaBlue]

Didn't want to hug the Hulk Thena?

[Thena]

Didn't want to hug the Hulk Thena? If he had turned green and looked a little more like Mark Ruffalo, I might have considered it. But it worked out in the end because my WILD attempt this morning was a bit more successful and I got to hug Loki. The image that came to me was a young Tom Hiddleston with his pre-Thor curly hair. I remembered the task of the month was to hug the first DC you come across, so I told him, "Okay, I'm hanging onto you until I get my chance." He looked pretty confused. And then I realized that I had to engage more of my senses than just sight since I could still hear the damn garbage truck outside, so I went to touch Tom's hair. Actually, I did more than just touch -- I started running my fingers through his curls. Now he was really confused, although I saw the hint of a smile… We find a bench and sit down. I can feel the hard bench underneath me and realize that I'm pretty much done waiting for this dream to feel real. I tell Tom about how much he means to me, how I started with "The Avengers" and then went back to watch all his movies, then all of the interviews he's done, and how I really appreciate him. He seemed pretty flattered. Then I asked if I could give him a hug and embrace him. At first, he seemed a little stiff, but then I felt his arms close around me. He grabbed my butt and pulled me closer while I rubbed his back. The whole dream was pretty bizarre. If you read the full entry, there's a part where I end up riding a sheep as if it was a horse with Tom leading the sheep through a field. Also, for anyone who's been struggling to have a lucid dream, believe me when I tell you that you can do it. The hardest part for me on this one was just relaxing and getting into the dream. As I was trying to remain still and let sleep take over, I kept hearing noise from around and outside the house. There were many times I thought, "This isn't going to work. I should just give up." But I stuck with it because I knew I'd been able to do it before and could do it again.

[Xanous]

I'd love to punch O but rather not ruin my dreams by letting big brother in my head too. Eating fireworks on the beach sounds like a great idea.

[Stalthdan]

For advanced II: would one get extra points for pooping them out instead?

[INeverWakeUp]

Damn still haven't had a lucid but I'm trying!

[OpheliaBlue]

Oh Thena I'm jealous.. I wouldn't mind hugging a Loki. And at first I read that last part as "I was riding Tom like a sheep." I had to reread it hahaha. Anyway, great job! You're breaking trail for us for the month, and I feel like there will be many interesting hugs to read about in the weeks ahead. And also, congrats for sticking with the dream. Sometimes I think about giving up when it's getting later and later in the morning, but then I stick with it and am pleasantly surprised. So do what Thena said guys, and stick with it!!

[INeverWakeUp]

Really hoping for a lucid tonight! It's on 5pm over here in 'Murica but I'm gonna try to stay on edge with this. I was we'll prepared last night but I stayed up until 4:30am which is what screwed me over. I know staying up really late for some reason reduces the chance, and I was sleeping on a very uncomfortable couch too. But hey, I've still got 28 days!!!

[covlad96]

Rah, forgot it was July. Definitely attempting TOTM this month, my lucid's have been going strong the past week so I'm hoping to get one done this month. Also does David Cameron counts for Advanced Task 1, as he's a prime minister aha?

[OpheliaBlue]

Also does David Cameron counts for Advanced Task 1, as he's a prime minister aha? Yup! Whatever king, queen, president, czar, or government leader that you wanna punch really bad counts.

[LucidLucius]

Would punching a god count? Or does it have to be someone mortal? I kinda wanna punch Deimos or Phobos.